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Branded iPad apps popular in UK |
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UK iPad owners are interested in branded apps, but are less enthusiastic about being exposed to app-based advertising.
Trade body the Association of Publishing Agencies commissioned research firm Npoll to survey 952 iPad owners, of which 82% use the gadget several times a day.
Over 80% of interviewees dedicated from 50% to 100% of their activity on the device to apps.
Gaming apps were the most popular, with an 85% penetration rate, measured against 69% for social networking, 62% concerning entertainment and 51% in relation to magazine articles.
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Marks & Spencer profits up 12.9% after 'good' year |
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Marks & Spencer says it has defied the retail gloom with a 12.9% jump in annual profits to £714.3m.
The profits before tax and one-off items came on sales up 4.2% to £9.2bn, with margins rising in the key clothing and food divisions.
Marc Bolland, delivering his first annual figures since taking over as chief executive, said it was a "good year" for M&S.
But he is cautious about future trading due to pressures on consumer spending.
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Marks & Spencer profits up 12.9% after 'good' year |
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Marks & Spencer says it has defied the retail gloom with a 12.9% jump in annual profits to £714.3m.
The profits before tax and one-off items came on sales up 4.2% to £9.2bn, with margins rising in the key clothing and food divisions.
Marc Bolland, delivering his first annual figures since taking over as chief executive, said it was a "good year" for M&S.
But he is cautious about future trading due to pressures on consumer spending.
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Mobile wallet offered to UK shoppers |
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The first service that allows users to pay for purchases via their mobile phone has been launched in the UK.
Among shops signed up to the system are McDonalds, EAT, Pret-a-Manger and some Boots stores.
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Amazon and Waterstones report downloads eclipsing printed book sales |
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Like the death of Mark Twain, the demise of the printed book is greatly exaggerated, although the latest news from Amazon – which announced that it is selling more ebooks in America than print books for the first time – might suggest the nails are being readied for the coffin.
The company said that in the US it has sold 105 ebooks for every 100 print books since 1 April this year, less than four years after it introduced its Kindle electronic book reader. Amazon also released figures for the UK – where the Kindle only launched in August 2010 – which showed ebooks are now more popular than their hardback relatives, as Waterstone's also revealed that ebooks were outselling hardbacks by four to one.
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